Is the Decision Not to Use Contraception an Indicator of Reproductive Agency?
Journal
Studies in family planning
ISSN: 1728-4465
Titre abrégé: Stud Fam Plann
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7810364
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
03 2023
03 2023
Historique:
pubmed:
16
2
2023
medline:
22
3
2023
entrez:
15
2
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Women's engagement in the decision to use contraception, an indicator captured in the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), is frequently used to assess women's reproductive agency. In 2014, DHS added a corollary question to the women's questionnaire on decision-making not to use contraception. Study authors hypothesize that women's engagement in decision-making not to use contraception is also indicative of reproductive agency. Analyzing DHS microdata from 30 countries collected between 2015 and 2020 (n = 292,141), this country-level study examines data quality in terms of missingness of data (t-tests), indicator utility in terms of response pattern variability (descriptive statistics), and construct validity in terms of associations between engagement in the decision not to use contraception and engagement in household decision-making (multivariable linear regression). Findings indicate the measure is of good quality, provides nuanced insight, and has construct validity. Importantly, the new measure deepens our understanding of women's reproductive agency.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
95-117Informations de copyright
© 2023 The Population Council, Inc.
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